Happy Hour host John Gaskins chats with USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell about the U.S. Olympic Trials, which are currently unfolding in the PREMIER Center through Sunday and televised globally on Peacock (Saturday and Sunday action will be on USA Network). Sioux Falls is the site the top curlers in the nation have come to compete to reach their Olympic dreams. How did this happen? How did our city earn its first Olympic trials and add this event to other national stages like the Sanford International and NCAA Tournament regionals for men's hockey and women's basketball?   The gregarious Gemmell — a perfect guest for a show called "Happy Hour" who feels like a barstool buddy — explains that process and gives a broad tutorial on the sport and how it has grown and changed significantly in the last couple decades. He should know. He is a former U.S. national champion who started and for 12 years hosted a podcast called "The Curling Show" back when there not only were no podcasts about curling, but when there were hardly any podcasts, period.

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